The Astros are expanding their scouting operations with two additional regional crosscheckers. Brad Budzinski and Gavin Dickey are being promoted in the team’s amateur scouting ranks, giving the team …

More than a year after he was fired by the Astros, former manager Bo Porter has been doing media work during the playoffs and interviewed for the open Marlins managerial job this month. He’s to return …

Astros manager A.J. Hinch finished second to Paul Molitor of the Twins in the Sporting News manager of the year awards. In voting by other American League managers, Hinch received three votes. Molitor …

The first of what could be several accolades for Astros’ rookie phenom Carlos Correa came through on Monday. The shortstop was named the American League Rookie of the Year by the Sporting News, an award voted on by Correa’s colleagues — a panel of 176 AL players. …